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Ultrasonic Anemometers

View the various 3 axis, 3d and 2 axis, 2d Ultrasonic Anemometers and probe styles offered by Applied Technologies, Inc.  Click on the image or link to view details about each Ultrasonic Anemometer.  For a technical description of the SATI Ultrasonic Anemometer series, click here for a PDF file.

NEW! All Ultrasonic Anemometers are now being shipped with new electronics and software.  This hardware and software are transparent to all the existing operations, but provides much more capability for options and add-on functions.  Click here to view our first new Add-On Option.

Detailed Operational Features and Command Functions of the new Ultrasonic Aneomometer can be found here.

Ultrasonic Anemometer Styles

		'A' Style Ultrasonic Anemometer - 3 axis, 3D non-orthogonal probe design.  This meteorological instrument is a scientific grade wind speed, wind direction and temperature device for use in research grade, weather systems where high velocity information is required.
		'K' Style Ultrasonic Anemometer - 3 axis, 3D orthogonal probe design. This meteorological instrument is a scientific grade wind speed, wind direction and temperature device for use in atmospheric boundary layer studies.  Array design assures minimum flow distortion errors in measured turbulence statistics.
		'Sx' Style Ultrasonic Anemometer - 3 axis, 3D orthogonal probe design. This meteorological instrument is a scientific grade wind speed, wind direction and temperature device designed for environmental monitoring where the horizontal wind measurements are required to be in the same plane. The W component measurement on the upwind side of the probe provides the most accurate and unobstructed value of vertical winds.
		'V' Style Ultrasonic Anemometer - 3 axis, 3D orthogonal probe design. This meteorological instrument is a scientific grade wind speed, wind direction and temperature  special design for turbulence, where eddy measurements are the smallest.  The path distance is 10 cm instead of the normal 15 cm.
		'Vx' Style Ultrasonic Anemometer - 3 axis, 3D orthogonal probe design. This meteorological instrument is a scientific grade wind speed, wind direction and temperature compact design for flux measurements in plant and forest canopies where wind speeds are very low and directions are highly unpredictable.
		'CATI/2' Ultrasonic Anemometer - 2 axis, 2D commercial anemometer. This meteorological instrument uses the same technology as the scientific ultrasonic anemometer, but to a lesser degree. This wind sensor doesn't provide the accuracy or resolution of the scientific ultrasonic anemometer, but is designed as an alternative to the cup and vane system.  It is priced in a range that is competitive with these commercial anemometer systems.
		'SPAS' Ultrasonic Anemometer - 2 axis, 2D commercial anemometer. This instrument has the wind speed rate and accuracy of the scientific grade ultrasonic anemometer but less wind direction accuracy.
		Ultrasonic Anemometer Add-On Options - There are add-on options available for our Ultrasonic Anemometers.  These options need to be selected at the time of your order.

Ultrasonic Anemometer General Information

The Ultrasonic Anemometer / Thermometer is an microprocessor based wind sensor capable of measuring wind velocity in one, two, or three axes with reliable accuracy.

The instrument is designed to measure wind velocity components by transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals along fixed orthogonal directions.  The microcomputer electronics then processes this information and calculates the wind speed in three axes (3D).  Since there are no moving parts to come into dynamic equilibrium with the air flow, the Ultrasonic Anemometer responds rapidly to wind velocity fluctuations.  It responds linearly to wind velocity and is free from contamination from other velocity components as well as pressure, temperature and relative humidity.  The calibration of the sensor is established by it's design parameters, and therefore, can be used as an absolute instrument. 

The probe array was designed to minimize flow distortion created by a supporting base and to permit a very wide unobstructed coverage of the vertical component.  The probe array may be oriented in any direction, but ideally, the vertical axis is mounted on the upwind of the two horizontal axes.

The transducers are piezoelectric crystals and completely sealed for rugged outdoor operation.  The electronics are all contained in the probe bar.  This allows it to be operated as a tower mounted instrument, capable of withstanding hostile environmental conditions.  The transducer operation and ultrasonic functions, as well as all computation and transmission of data, are under microprocessor control.

Data from the Ultrasonic Anemometer are serial digital.  The output is RS-232C compatible in a UART asynchronous format. It represents the data in ASCII decimal numbers, and may be connected directly to a computer, transmitted to any digital recording device, or the format is such that it can also be read directly on a terminal.  The temperature information is the ultrasonic temperature of the measured winds and is calculated from the vertical ultrasonic measurement.

Click for detailed information about the Operational Features and Command Functions of the New Ultrasonic Anemometer.

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